Program

Flying non-stop across the Atlantic for Charles Lindbergh was difficult on the man, the machine and on technology. Once engine endurance improved, the only thing left to prove that cargo and passengers could move safely across the Atlantic – non-stop – with only human endurance as the last barrier to... Read More

The increasing electrification of aircraft systems from actuators to “green taxi” and main electric propulsion typifies a wide field for interdisciplinary research. The German Aerospace Center in Stuttgart, mainly represented by the “energy systems integration” group at the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics intensified its activities since 2007 in this interesting... Read More

New materials and technologies are enabling a push toward cleaner, quieter, urban air transport solutions and greater e-mobility. However, challenges from regulatory and environmental issues surrounding urban air operations and historical aviation experience, require us to consider the ‘bigger picture’ in order to deliver viable air transport solutions. Faradair® is... Read More

Alta Devices will present its latest Gen 4 high-efficiency lightweight solar technology developed especially for things that fly. The new platform offers even lower weight, reduced thickness and supports higher-efficiency multijunction solar cell designs.

There is much current hype about eVTOLs. But how realistic is their potential for development as PAVs when compared to USTOL aircraft? This presentation provides the results of analysis that predicts the best possible performance (range and number of passengers versus power and energy required) for both eVTOL and USTOL... Read More

Dr. Wang will discuss the latest in lithium metal batteries and positive implications for eFlight

This paper focuses on design considerations for “extremely low noise”, electric propeller driven aircraft and the challenges of achieving such low noise.  Propeller noise theory will be briefly reviewed, followed by parametric studies of key design variables that are important for low noise, such as tip speed, number of blades,... Read More

Tire-pavement noise can be the prevailing noise source when aircraft are ground borne in communities. This presentation will discuss quieter pavement and barrier technology and the impact of reducing aircraft noise in communities during ground borne activities.

Motor expert David Calley will discuss the tremendous benefit of high-torque low-RPM motors for sustainable quiet flight.

This presentation will discuss the promise and progress of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft​. More than 65 eVTOL concepts are being studied around the world, with several advanced prototypes already conducting impressive passenger-carrying flights. Companies like Uber, Airbus, Bell, Joby and Kitty Hawk are competing to develop the... Read More

Electric propulsion and autonomous flight promise to give the world of aviation two new markets: urban air mobility and regional sky transit. This presentation will compare these two markets in terms of their size, profitability, societal benefits and the mission requirements of their respective aircraft.

Dr MacCready will take us into the world of massive swarms of cooperative UAVs

Greg Cole of Windward Performance will speak about his insights from decades of aircraft design.    

Willi Tacke of Flight Pages will speak about emerging developments in eFlight from Europe and China

David calley, motor expert and developer of the PlanetRider personal urban vehicle, will discuss last-mile options as a symbiotic intermodal addition to sky transit.

This presentation on practical and classical aerodynamics covers a range of little-known but fundamental data and methods key to the aerodynamic design of airfoils, wings, and rotors. Both vortex-integration and blade-element methods are reviewed, validated by data, and applied to evaluate aircraft and rotor aero loads. The methods are then... Read More